Texas Penal Code
Title 5 · Chapter 19

Sec. 19.05. Criminally Negligent Homicide

State jail felony Official text
(a)
A person commits an offense if he causes the death of an individual by criminal negligence.
(b)
An offense under this section is a state jail felony.
Legislative history
Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 883, ch. 399, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974.Renumbered from Penal Code Sec. 19.06 by Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 1123, ch. 426, art. 2, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974. Renumbered from Penal Code Sec. 19.07 and amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, Sec. 1.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.